FNUS73 KFGF 141234 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR MN-AGR...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 734 AM CDT THU OCT 14 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CDT ON OCTOBER 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT PARTLY SUNNY SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS AT THE PRESCRIBED BURN SITE TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH FROM CANADA THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING SHOULD GIVE WAY TO INCREASING CLOUD COVER THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL HELP KEEP MINIMUM RH VALUES SLIGHTLY ELEVATED NEAR 50 PERCENT. AFTERNOON SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE EXCELLENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60. MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-5000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 22 TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 18 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........39 41 45 50 56 60 64 66 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............50 52 54 56 56 55 52 49 RH..............60 56 52 49 49 51 56 62 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N 20 FT WIND SPD..15 16 16 16 16 15 14 11 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 25 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35. MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........65 51 28 8 1 1 WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE FROST FROST FROST TEMP............45 39 35 33 33 32 RH..............72 91 100 100 100 100 20 FT WIND......N 9 N 5 N 4 NE 3 E 3 SE 3 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 5 5 5 5 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62. MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1800-2900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 26 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........4 20 23 21 WEATHER COV.....PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....FROST NONE NONE NONE TEMP............32 43 54 59 RH..............100 72 54 45 20 FT WIND......SE 5G10 S 8G15 S 12G20 S 14G25 $$ FORECASTER...ROGERS REQUESTED BY...DARRIN FRANCO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101014.MNAGR.01/FGF